In a season which saw all eight National League clubs claim at least one & no more than two of BCEW’s National Level end of season awards Kent’s Tom Barton won Partially Sighted Player of the Year for the first time. Tom’s all round performances this season meant he won just his second BCEW award after previously being named Most Promising Player of the Year in 2022.
Sussex’s Dave Daniels kept the current longest run of success going as he won Total Player of the Year for the fourth successive season, his seventh award overall. Northants captain David Howells, who won Partially Sighted Batter & Partially Sighted Fielder of the Year, joined Dave D on seven awards as did Lois Turner of Yorkshire who won Women’s Player of the Year to add to her 2024 Development League Bowler of the Year award.
Sussex’s other winner was Si Ledwith who added Low Partial of the Year to his previous successes in the Wicketkeeper category. Shoaib Nasir of Lancashire completed a unique double by winning Total Batter of the Year in the same season as he claimed that same award at Development level.
Adrian Snelgrove won an award for the second season in a row, last season it was for his batting but in 2024 it was Total Bowler of the Year. Durham VICC had success too as they were awarded the prestigious BCEW Spirit of Cricket Award.
London Metro & Surrey VICC won two awards each, for Surrey Ryan West retained Wicketkeeper of the Year whilst Shaqir Iqbal won Most Promising Player of the Year. Metro’s Mo Ghalib also retained his award as Partially Sighted Bowler of the Year with his teammate Sam Hoskin’s success as Total Fielder of the Year his first award at national level.
This season’s umpire of the Year was named as Fiona Shone who has excelled in her first season of VI cricket, whilst the outstanding Seb Egan won Scorer of the Year for the first time. Fiona & Seb show the quality of officials BCEW can now boast, something we are very thankful to Neil Robson from the Umpires Panel & Paul Toplis from the Scorers Panel for, we also thank both for all of the hours they put in this season to ensure that every game had officials.
Gav Griffiths was 2024’s inductee into the Blind Cricket Hall of Fame, for over 30 years Gav was one of, if not the best, totally blind player in the game. He captained multiple clubs, was part of the first England VI Cricket team & he’s won everything there is to win in VI cricket several times over & with multiple different teams.
The Charles Ronayne Award for Outstanding Contribution to VI Cricket was handed out to a trio of deserving individuals during 2024. Darshak Patel received the award for several years outstanding work as an umpires appointer for BCEW. Doug Beebe was recognised for more than a decade of umpiring all across northern England as well as for his voluntary work on behalf of blind cricket. Lynne Newell’s award was in thanks for all of her hard work to set up Worcestershire’s VI team and a decade of managing that team.
Full List of Award Winners & Nominees
BCEW Partially Sighted Player of the Year
Winner
Tom Barton (Kent Spitfires)
Other Nominees
Tahseen Sabir (Lancashire Lions)
Asif Ali (Northants Steelbacks)
Ed Hossell (Somerset VICC)
Ryan West (Surrey VICC)
Shaqir Iqbal (Surrey VICC)
BCEW Total Player of the Year
Winner
Dave Daniels (Sussex Sharks)
Other Nominees
Shoaib Nasir (Lancashire Lions)
Sam Hoskin (London Metro)
Mark Turnham (Northants Steelbacks)
Adrian Snelgrove (Somerset VICC)
Steve Cook (Somerset VICC)
BCEW Low Partial Player of the Year
Winner
Si Ledwith (Sussex Sharks)
Other Nominees
Lee Robshaw (Kent Spitfires)
Mahmood Zahid (Lancashire Lions)
Sheraz Chohan (Lancashire Lions)
Mike Harrison (Northants Steelbacks)
Alan Mabey (Somerset VICC)
BCEW Women’s Player of the Year
Winner
Lois Turner (Yorkshire Vikings)
Other Nominees
Natasha Smith (Dorset County VICT)
Amelia Robertson (Lancashire Lions)
Kathryn Jelfs-White (Somerset VICC)
Carlie Dagg (Yorkshire Vikings)
Georgie Ridgway (Yorkshire Vikings)
BCEW Most Promising Player of the Year
Winner
Shaqir Iqbal (Surrey VICC)
Other Nominees
Matt Boulding (Kent Spitfires)
Moshfique Ahmed (Kent Spitfires)
Sam Hoskin (London Metro)
Thomas Froud (London Metro)
Adam Solan (Northants Steelbacks)
Marcus Kipling (Sussex Sharks)
Bashaarat Mohammed (Yorkshire Vikings)
BCEW Wicketkeeper of the Year
Winner
Ryan West (Surrey VICC)
Other Nominees
Alex Ditchburn (Berkshire Stags)
Tim McKenzie (Dorset County VICT)
Rory Field (London Metro)
Gerald Porter (Northants Steelbacks)
Si Ledwith (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW Partially Sighted Batter of the Year
Winner
David Howells (Northants Steelbacks)
Other Nominees
Tom Barton (Kent Spitfires)
Matt Dean (London Metro)
Ryan West (Surrey VICC)
Dan Field (Sussex Sharks)
Si Ledwith (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW Partially Sighted Bowler of the Year
Winner
Mo Ghalib (London Metro)
Other Nominees
Arslan Sabir (Lancashire Lions)
Asif Ali (Northants Steelbacks)
Ed Hossell (Somerset VICC)
Marcus Kipling (Sussex Sharks)
Phil Daniels (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW Partially Sighted Fielder of the Year
Winner
David Howells (Northants Steelbacks)
Other Nominees
Tom Barton (Kent Spitfires)
Rory Hossell (Somerset VICC)
Shaqir Iqbal (Surrey VICC)
Dan Field (Sussex Sharks)
Joe Harrison (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW Total Batter of the Year
Winner
Shoaib Nasir (Lancashire Lions)
Other Nominees
Adam Solan (Northants Steelbacks)
Mark Turnham (Northants Steelbacks)
Steve Cook (Somerset VICC)
Richard Claridge (Surrey VICC)
Dave Daniels (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW Total Bowler of the Year
Winner
Adrian Snelgrove (Somerset VICC)
Other Nominees
Moshfique Ahmed (Kent Spitfires)
Sam Hoskin (London Metro)
Steve Cook (Somerset VICC)
Dave Daniels (Sussex Sharks)
Ian Morris (Sussex Sharks)
BCEW Total Fielder of the Year
Winner
Sam Hoskin (London Metro)
Other Nominees
Liaqat Hussain (Lancashire Lions)
Shoaib Nasir (Lancashire Lions)
Andy Law (London Metro)
Mark Turnham (Northants Steelbacks)
Dave Daniels (Sussex Sharks)
Other Awards
BCEW Spirit of Cricket Award
Durham VICC
BCEW Umpire of the Year
Fiona Shone
BCEW Scorer of the Year
Seb Egan
Blind Cricket Hall of Fame
Gav Griffiths
BCEW Charles Ronayne Award for Outstanding Contribution to VI Cricket
Darshak Patel
Doug Beebe
Lynne Newell
2024 Competition Winners
BCEW National League Division One
Sussex Sharks
BCEW Primary Club Heindrich Swanepoel Cup
Northants Steelbacks
BCEW David Townley Memorial Twenty20 Cup
Final postponed due to rain: Somerset VICC v London Metro
BCEW National League Division Two
Somerset VICC
Individual Awards Records
Players with most wins
Ed Hossell 9
Nathan Foy 7
Dave Daniels 7
David Howells 7
Lois Turner 7
Sheraz Chohan 6
Gerald Porter 6
Luke Sugg 6
Steve Cook 5
Dan Field 5
Si Ledwith 5
Amin Afshari 4
Matt Dean 4
Gav Griffiths 4
Justin Hollingsworth 4
Mark Turnham 4
Overall Number Won By Each Club
Sussex Sharks 31
Warwickshire Bears 23
Northants Steelbacks 22
Somerset VICC 19
Lancashire Lions 17
London Metro 17
Yorkshire Vikings 12
Surrey VICC 9
Kent Spitfires 5
South Wales Dragons 4
Birmingham SCVI 1
Durham VICC 1
Essex Tigers 1
Hampshire VICC 1
London Sports 1
